Folgore da San Gimignano and his Followers: The Complete Poems (Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies, #541)

Fabian Alfie (Translator)

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This translation brings the complete works of three minor but important Italian poets - Dante's contemporaries at the turn of the 14th century - to English speakers for the very first time. Taken together, the three authors sketch an idealized portrait of courtly life juxtaposed to the gritty, politically fractured world of northern Italy's mercantile urban centers in which they lived. One poet, Folgore di San Gimignano, idealizes court life during the period; the second, Cenne da la Chitarra, looks at it more realistically and parodies Folgore; and the third, Pietro dei Faitinelli, takes inspiration from Folgore's political writings...Read more
  • ISBN10 0866985980
  • ISBN13 9780866985987
  • Publish Date 16 December 2019
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Arizona Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies,US
  • Format Paperback (US Trade)
  • Pages 140
  • Language English